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Evening of short stories inspired by beauty at the Toynbee Studios London
21 Oct 2011

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Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century

        

Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography  in the 20th Century  Brassaï, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy,  Munkácsi Until 2 October 2011 ROYAL ACADEMY

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Sitting at my desk the other day I found myself staring at this postcard I'd blue-tacked up on my studio wall.  I'd found it in mum's papers after she died. I wasn't surprised to find it there...she loved children..I couldn't help wondering why the hands were so red and a little bit swollen looking...I didn't know the artist and so I took it down and had a look.  This sad little image was painted by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker.

She only had a very short life dying after child-birth at the age of 31 but during that time produced what are considered to be the "most important representatives of early Expressionism."

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Next Saatchi online Showdown

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Nour Festival of Arts - Leighton House Museum

Jeni Yang

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Jeni Yang at the WWA gallery, Culver CIty, CA 90232  from September 9th 2011